Ignacio Antinori

Ignacio Antinori (17 February 1885-23 October 1940) was the first boss of the Trafficante crime family of the American Mafia, leading the family from 1920 to 1940; Santo Trafficante Sr. led the family after his 1940 murder.

Biography
Ignacio Antinori was born in Palermo, Sicily on 17 February 1885, and he was one of the first mobsters to emerge in the area of Tampa, Florida during Prohibition. Antinori had ties to Corsican heroin traffickers and American Mafia bosses, allowing for him to prosper in Florida as the first boss of the future Trafficante crime family. Antinori smuggled drugs from Marseille to Tampa, and his drugs would be distributed in the Midwest after arriving in Florida. During the 1920s and 1930s, Antinori had to deal with competition from rival Tampa gangsters Charlie Wall and Santo Trafficante Sr., and the Chicago Outfit decided to murder him after he sent him poor-quality drugs and refused to give them a refund. On 23 October 1940, he was shot in the back of the head twice with a sawn-off shotgun while having coffee at the Palm Garden Inn in Tampa with his girlfriend.